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Christopher Goeke

Applied Voice, Opera, Vocal Literature

Christopher Goeke, tenor, is a Professor of Music at Southeast. Goeke holds both the
D.M.A. in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy and M.M. in Vocal Performance degrees from
the University of Iowa. Dr. Goeke is beginning his 22nd year of teaching voice at
Southeast and is also very active in opera including conducting, directing, and serving
as technical coordinator for the full operatic productions at Southeast. Dr. Goeke
is an active member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), and
has served as the Missouri Governor for NATS.

Dr. Goeke’s performance resume includes engagements with the Central City Opera in
Colorado, the State Repertory Opera of New Jersey, Westchester Opera in New York,
the Light Opera of Manhattan, Santa Fe Desert Choral, Cedar Rapids Symphony, and the
Bach Society of St. Louis. Some of his operatic roles include Almaviva in Il Barbieri
di Siviglia, Tamino in The Magic Flute, and Alfred and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus.
He has been featured as tenor soloist for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion,
and the Magnificat, The Messiah by Handel, and The Creation by Haydn. The tenor is
an active recitalist and has presented a wide range of literature including lute songs,
traditional art songs and song cycles in German, French, Italian, and English, and
contemporary literature including many works by Benjamin Britten and popular songs
of the Broadway stage. Dr. Goeke’s hobbies include woodworking, bicycling, and learning
to play the accordion.